RadicalCoupe-Fuji

Well, they are still supplying most of the new cars with 1 key fob so I doubt that will be resolved for current owners probably even well into next year. Its not poor company performance, its just a global reality following the covid pandemic. Every model that has wheel bolts instead of nuts has no locking kit, RX, RC, RZ, BZ. its not just the NX.

It stems from the switch to wheel bolts from wheel nuts. The first car to get them was the BZ4X & it had design issues with wheel bolts coming loose, they redesigned the regular wheel bolts but they never made new locking ones, so all new Toyota & Lexus that have bolts instead of nuts dont get a set of locking ones. I thought the locking ones would come but its been at least 16 months now & all the new Lexus models get bolts now with the exception of the ES, LC & UX which I guess will get the bolts when/if they do a full new model of those. Who the hell steals alloy wheels these days anyway I guess. There have been many part shortages on owner manuals & some admin mistakes so a lot of NX got sent from the PDI without one. They get an owners manual now though.

My RCF had its major service in June at a Lexus dealer, Im pretty sure this involved the diff oil being changed & since then I have noticed the same thing as in this post. When pulling out of a parking space or something like that the left rear skips & skids, havent noticed any noises or anything during general driving. I thought maybe it was a characteristic of the LSD & id just not noticed before or maybe that as we got into summer i had the windows down a lot more & could hear it Would Lexus put the wrong oil in the diff? Like is the diff oil used in the RCF the same oil that goes in the other RC models?

Ive always had manual cars & avoided autos, rcf only comes in auto like a lot of similar cars, i found it hard to get used to, go to overtake & nothing happens, but now I am used to manually dropping gears with the paddles when I know I'm going for an overtake or something & the car takes off when I want rather than ending up steering into the right lane but not going anywhere. Auto box can't read your mind & in normal or eco the gearbox is also fast asleep.

No, they ran out. I work at the place they get fitted & they had a 3 month lead time, they were holding the cars but in the end they started shipping them without mud flaps, they are in stock & being fitted now though.

You know things are bad when theres a shortage on quick & easy to produce moulded plastic parts.

some years ago took a car to Kwik fit to get 2 new tyres & have the alignment checked because I managed to kiss the kerb with the front wheel on an icy mini roundabout & wanted to be sure nothing had happened to the alignment, I booked online, I waited while they did the work, they did the tyres & noticed that I never saw them do the alignment. They billed me for it & told me everything was done, I had to point out that I didnt see them do the alignment & then they did it. i think they were trying it on. I also paid to have nitrogen in the tyres instead of air as it was a thing at that time but who knows if I got that haha. Went another time to a different kwik fit a year or so ago for some new tyres & they did an alignment check without asking or mentioning it & claimed the alignment was way out & showed me a dodgy printout with the scary red readings on it, except the car drove fine, no pulling in the steering or uneven tyre wear or anything so I really thought they were trying a scam. They had me a bit paranoid though, so took it elsewhere for a free alignment check & it was all fine. Time wasted. I actually went back to the same kwik fit a few weeks ago in the rcf because I had a slow puncture in one of the rear tyres, I only went because it was closest & I wanted it sorted out asap, went into the reception & asked if they could do it, the young guy there said they didnt have time, I asked if I could make an appointment, they said no but they could get a new tyre. They have time if you want to buy a new tyre but not for a puncture! While I was there the cocky 19/20 year old behind the counter who was managing the garage it seemed informed me that my brakes were shot because they squealed a bit when I was parking up, I told him it was the oem pads & high carbon discs on that model & it was unfortunately common, I knew the brakes were fine but he said I was wrong & that he would put it on a lifter right then & prove it (after he told me he didnt have time to repair a puncture in a tyre) I guess at 20 years old all the years of experience he had being a trained mechanic at a kwik fit meant he knew more about my car than me. Id rather go further out of my way than go back to a kwik fit now, there seems to be a pattern of dodgy practices.

Just had my rcf serviced & mot'd on Thursday. Was fine until during the health check they found the offside rear brake disc to be corroded because the brake pad wasnt fitted very well, not worn out, so it was an mot failure. They ordered a new pair of rear discs & pads but when they showed up the next day the kit had 2 lhs pads, as the pads are directional that wouldn't work so they ordered a new kit which wouldn't be in until Monday, they gave me a free nx courtesy car to use, got the kit & was all done Monday. Bit annoying that the disc was only no good because presumably a lexus tech fitted the pad badly at some point. £835 on top of the £770 service.

My Tpms is working but if the batteries died id be interested in finding out if theres a tpms delete because i dont want to spend £200+ replacing the units when I can just check the pressures myself like the old days.

A/c water drippage or if it was a diesel it could also be an adblue leak.

Hi. I know you can alter settings on toyota/lexus with techstream but I wondered if anyone knows if other handheld type units can do the alterations? I've only seen Carista that advertises clearly that if can but I dont fancy paying a subscription for something I won't use much. A lot of YouTube types use Topdon diag tools but its unclear if they will even support lexus or not let alone let you alter settings. I just want to be able to check for fault codes, clear codes etc & make settings changes such as holding unlock on fob lowers the windows. Thanks

Booked the rcf for its service & mot later this month, enquired about the recall & they instantly said there's no parts.

my manual has 136 pages

Theres a lot of NX moving through the PDI place this week. Hundreds.

I found a little round switch/button under the dash in the drivers footwell, the manual tells you nothing, Is this the TPMS reset switch?

I work at Toyota where they PDI the cars/ install accessories etc before they go out to the dealerships which is also the same place they build the Corolla.

by the time it gets to the dealership it will need a proper valet!

All the lc500 I'm seeing at work have white interiors including white floor mats! Good luck with that!

Apparently Toyota said Europe got the GR Yaris & NA got the GR Corolla. Dont know why its like that, I guess Europe prefers compact cars & USA likes a bigger car?

I dont know why Japanese manufacturers dont allow special orders in the UK for any model they make even if they dont intend to stock any in UK dealerships mainly because Japan is RHD. Most recently Nissan decided not to sell the 400z in the UK & Europe. There was talk that Toyota wouldnt sell the GR86 in the UK but it did in the end. No doubt the most likely answer to why we dont get X car in the UK, is emissions of the engine or safety regulations. Having to make specific changes just for a tiny market isnt worth it.

Just noticed that the fancy pano roof electric frosting thing is an option, so unless you pay for it you don't get it & you don't get a manual shade either, so pay up or have no way to block the light from the panoramic roof.

There's a quality issue with locking wheel nuts, until the people in charge say to ship without them, the cars are on hold.

The cars are "frozen" so they arent going anywhere until whatever it is gets sorted out.

All the NX have been port blocked because of some issue regarding wheel nuts or something.

Cyprus & Ireland are rhd i think.